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Personality and Power

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The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death. Whole societies were re-shaped and wars fought, often with a merciless contempt for the most basic norms. At the summit of these societies were leaders whose personalities had somehow given them the ability to do whatever they wished. Ian Kershaw’s new book is a compelling, lucid and challenging attempt to understand these rulers, whether operating on the widest stage (Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini) or with a more national impact (Tito, Franco). What was it about these leaders and the times they lived in that allowed them such untrammelled and murderous power? And what brought that era to an end? In a contrasting group of profiles, from Churchill to de Gaulle, Adenauer to Gorbachev, and Thatcher to Kohl, Kershaw uses his exceptional skills to think through how other, strikingly different figures wielded power.

Artikelnummer: 39781 Categorie: Tag:
Subtitel: Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe
Auteur: Kershaw, Ian
Jaar: 2022
ISBN: 9780241532416
Pagina's: 512
Taal: English
Uitgever: Allen Lane
Uitgever stad: London
Verschijningsdatum: 2022-09-29
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